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Percutaneous intravascular micro-axial blood pump: current state and perspective from engineering view

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The utilization of a minimally invasively placed catheter-mounted intravascular micro-axial flow blood pump (IMFBP) is increasing in the population with advanced heart failure. The current development of IMFBPs dates back around the 1990s, namely the Hemopump with a wire-drive system and the Valvopump with a direct-drive system. The wire-drive IMFBPs can use a brushless motor in an external console unit to transmit rotational force through the drive wire rotating the impeller inside the body. The direct-drive IMFBPs require an ultra-miniature and high-power brushless motor. Additionally, the direct-drive system necessitates a mechanism to protect against blood immersion into the motor. Therefore, the direct-drive IMFBPs can be categorized into two types of devices: those with seal mechanisms or those with sealless mechanisms using magnetically coupling. The IMFBPs can be classified into two groups depending on their purpose. One group is for cardiogenic shock following a heart attack or for use in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and the other group serves the purpose of acute decompensated heart failure. Both direct-drive IMFBPs and wire-drive IMFBPs have their own advantages and disadvantages, and efforts are being made to develop and improve, and clinically implement them, leveraging their own strengths. In addition, there is a possibility that innovative new devices may be invented. For researchers in the field of artificial heart development, IMFBPs offer a new area of research and development, providing a novel treatment option for severe heart failure.

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Okamoto, E., Mitamura, Y. Percutaneous intravascular micro-axial blood pump: current state and perspective from engineering view. J Artif Organs (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-024-01433-3

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